Blitzeis
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German
Etymology
From Blitz (“lightning”) + Eis (“ice”). Coined in the early 1990s.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Blitzeis n (strong, genitive Blitzeises, no plural)
- A coating of ice, caused by a downpour of freezing rain, that forms rapidly on exposed surfaces; black ice.
- 1999, Alexander Osang, Ankunft in die neuen Mitte: Reportagen und Porträts, →ISBN, page 141:
- Vor ein paar Tagen kam das Blitzeis und fror sie ein in ihren Bewegungen.
- Just a couple of days later, the ice came suddenly and froze them in their tracks.
- 2006, Edith Kohlbach, Reisehandbuch Marokko, →ISBN, page 498:
- Kommt nach Jahren ein Regenguss, entsteht Glätte, die man mit dem in Deutschland auftretenden Blitzeis vergleichen kann.
- Once every few years comes a torrential downpour, which results in a layer of black ice comparable with German "Blitzeis".
- 2010, Sabine Fritz, Astrid Otte, Elke Schwalm, “Wie entsteht Blitzeis?”, in Geheimwissen für Kinder, →ISBN, page 62:
- Blitzeis bildet sich, wenn Regentropfen auf einen gefrorenen Untergrund fallen.
- Black ice forms when rain falls onto already frozen ground.
- 2013 January 22, Jürgen Streicher, Miriam Keilbach, “Schulfrei nach Blitzeis und Schnee”, in Frankfurter Rundschau:
- Das Winterwetter mit Blitzeis und Schneefällen hat tausenden Schülern im Hochtaunuskreis gestern einen freien Tag beschert.
- The wintery weather, which included freezing rain and snow, gave thousands of students in Hochtaunuskreis a day off yesterday.
Declension
Declension of Blitzeis
See also
References
- ^ 2004, Dieter Herberg, Michael Kinne, Doris Steffens, Elke Tellenbach, Doris Al-Wadi, Neuer Wortschatz: Neologismen Der 90er Jahre Im Deutschen, page 33